We’ve all been there. Through misguided ego, an overly optimistic rush to squeeze in every facet of detail as possible, or because they’ve simply decided that time isn’t their boss, a talk, ...

This is the fifth episode of our new podcast series on the future of higher education. You can subscribe in iTunes to get prior and future episodes. This week we’re going back to school. Well, kind of ...

(This column is dedicated to my recently departed dad, who was kind, smart and could kill a person’s will to live with a lecture.) Nothing will set a kid straight faster than the threat of a nice, ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. In the age of computer-based learning, lecturing gets treated like Model-T Ford. Don’t be deceived ...

Stephen Caddick provides institutional leadership for the strategic development of UCL’s Continuing Professional Development activities and short courses. A napster moment; the end of boring lectures; ...

Classroom lectures can be long, boring and ineffective, and Khan Academy founder Salman Khan says they have no place in the education. He points to research that shows that most students get bored and ...

Gone are the days when you could stream an episode of “Game of Thrones” or “Better Call Saul” during a boring lecture at Purdue University. In August, the Indiana-based university started restricting ...